新概念英语背诵短文：Henry Ford(亨利·福特)

Henry Ford, 1863-1947: He Revolutionized theAuto IndustryMany people believe Henry Ford invented the automobile. But Henry Ford did not start to build his first car until eighteen ninety-six. That was eleven years after two Germans -- Gottlieb Daimler and Karl Benz -- developed the first gasoline-powered automobile. Many people believe Henry Ford invented the factory system that moved a car's parts to the worker, instead of making the worker move to the parts. That is not true, either. Many manufacturers used this system before Ford. What Henry Ford did was to use other people's ideas and make them better.Others made cars. Henry Ford made better cars. And he sold them for less money. Others built car factories. Henry Ford built the biggest factory of its time. And he made the whole factory a moving production line.Henry Ford had great skills in making machines work. He also had great skills as an organizer. His efforts produced a huge manufacturing company. But those same efforts almost ruined the company he built. Henry Ford was born on a farm in the state of Michigan on July thirtieth, eighteen sixty-three. The farm was near the city of Detroit. Henry was always interested in machines. He was always experimenting with them. He enjoyed fixing clocks. And he helped repair farm equipment. When Henry was sixteen years old, he left the family farm. He went to Detroit to learn more about machines.In eighteen seventy-nine, when Henry began work in Detroit, the city was a center of industrial development. Travelers could tell they were near Detroit by the cloud of smoke that hung over the city. Detroit was a center of iron and steel making. Nearby mines of lead and salt brought chemical companies to the city. And Detroit's copper and brass business was the largest in the world. One thing Henry Ford learned in Detroit was to have the right tool to do the job. It was something he would never forget. After three years in Detroit, Henry returned to his family farm. He remained on the farm until he was thirty years old. But he was not a real farmer. He was a machine man. A nearby farmer, for example, had bought a small steam engine to be used in farming. The machine did not work correctly. Henry agreed to try to fix it. At the end of just one day, Henry knew everything about the machine. And he made it work again. Henry remembered that time as the happiest in his life. He said: "I was paid three dollars a day, and had eighty-three days of steady work. I have never been better satisfied with myself.” Another thing that made those days happy was meeting a young woman. Her name was Clara Jane Bryant. Years later Henry said: "I knew in half an hour she was the one for me." They were married in eighteen eighty-eight, on Clara's twenty-second birthday.Henry and Clara lived on a farm near Detroit. But, still, Henry was not a real farmer. He grew some food in a small garden. And he kept a few animals. But he made money mostly by selling trees from his farm. And he continued to fixfarm equipment. It was really machines that he loved.In eighteen ninety-one, Henry visited Detroit. There he saw a machine called the Silent Otto. It was a device powered by gasoline. It had been developed by a German, Nikolaus August Otto. He was one of the men who had worked with Gottlieb Daimler, who developed the first gasoline-powered automobile. The silent otto did not move. But Henry saw immediately that if the machine could be put on wheels, it would move by itself.He returned home to Clara with an idea to build such a machine. He was sure he could do it. But the machine would need electricity to make the engine work. And Henry had not learned enough about electricity. So he took a job with an electric power company in Detroit. Henry, his wife Clara, and his young son Edsel moved to the city.While Henry worked for the power company, he and a few other men developed a small engine. In June, eighteen ninety-six, Henry had his first automobile. He called it a quadricycle. It looked like two bicycles, side by side. It had thin tires like a bicycle. And it had a bicycle seat.In eighteen ninety-nine, Henry resigned from the power company to work on his automobile. He won the support of a small group of rich men who formed the Detroit automobile company. By the start of nineteen-oh-one, however, the company had failed. Another man might have decided that the automobile business was not the best business for him. He might have stopped. Henry Ford was just getting started.In the early days of the automobile, almost every car-maker raced his cars. It was the best way of gaining public notice. Henry Ford decided to build a racing car. Ford's most famous race was his first. It also was the last race in which he drove the car himself. The race was in nineteen-oh-one, at a field near Detroit. All of the most famous cars had entered. And all withdrew, except two. The Winton. And Ford's. The Winton was famous for its speed. Most people thought the race was over before it began. The Winton took an early lead. But halfway through the race, it began to lose power. Ford started to gain. And near the end of the race, he took the lead. Ford won the race and defeated the champion. His name appeared in newspapers. His fame began to spread. Within weeks of the race, Henry Ford formed a new automobile company. He left soon after, however, because he could not agree with the investors. He had no trouble finding new ones. Henry continued to build racing cars. His most famous cars of the time were the Arrow and the 999. Both won races. And they helped make the name Henry Ford more famous. Henry used what he learned from racing to develop a better engine. In nineteen-oh-three, he was ready to start building cars for the public. On July fifteenth, nineteen three, a man named Dr. Pfenning bought the first car from the Ford Motor Company.The sale to Dr. Pfenning was the beginning of a huge number of requests for Ford cars. By the end of March, nineteen four, almost six hundred Ford cars had been sold. The company had earned almost one hundred thousand dollars. Sales were so great that a new factory had to be found. At the start ofnineteen five, the Ford Motor Company was producing twenty-five cars each day. It employed three hundred men. The company produced several kinds of cars. First there was the Model A. Then there were the Model B, Model C and Model F. They were just a little different from the Model A -- one of Ford's most famous cars. Ford's Model K car was for wealthy buyers. One of the company's investors was sure the future of the automobile industry was in this costly car. Henry Ford did not agree. He was sure the future of the automobile industry was in a low-priced car for the general public. He said then, and many times after, "I want to make a car that anybody can buy."These conflicting beliefs led to a battle for control of the company. In the end, Henry bought the stock of the investors who wanted to make costly cars. He was then free to make the low-cost car he believed in. The story shows the way Henry's mind worked. When he thought he was correct, he was willing to invest his efforts and his money. Earlier, he had walked away from the business of making cars when he could not control the business. Now he had the money to buy the stock of those who disagreed with him.In nineteen seven, Henry Ford said: "I will build a motor car for the great mass of people. It will be large enough for the family, but small enough for one person to operate and care for. It will be built of the best materials. It will be built by the best men to be employed. And it will be built with the simplest plans that modern engineering can produce. It will be so low in price that no man making good money will be unable to own one." That was what Henry Ford wanted. To reach his goal, his life took many interesting turns.In nineteen three, a doctor in Detroit, Michigan, bought the first car from the Ford Motor Company. That sale was the beginning of Henry Ford's dream. He wanted to build good, low-priced cars for the general public. As he said many times: "I want to make a car that anybody can buy." To keep prices low, Henry Ford decided that he would build just one kind of car. He called it the Model T. The Model T was ready for sale in October nineteen eight. The Model T cost eight hundred fifty dollars. It was a simple machine that drivers could depend on. Doctors bought the Model T. So did farmers. Even criminals. They considered it the fastest and surest form of transportation. Americans loved the Model T. They wrote stories and songs about it. Thousands of Model Ts were built in the first few years. The public wanted the car. And Henry Ford made more and more.To Make the Model T, Ford built the largest factory of its time. Inside the factory, car parts moved to the workers exactly when they needed them. Other factories moved some parts to the workers. But Ford was the first to design his factory completely around this system. Production rose sharply. As production rose, Ford lowered prices. By nineteen sixteen, the price had dropped to three hundred forty-five dollars. The last step in Ford's production success was to raise his workers' pay. His workers had always earned about two dollars for ten hours of work. That was the same daily rate as at other factories. With wages the same everywhere, factory workers often changed jobs. Henry Ford wantedloyal workers who would remain. He raised wages to five dollars a day. That made Henry Ford popular with working men. He became popular with car buyers in nineteen thirteen when he gave back fifty dollars to each person who had bought a Ford car. Henry Ford was demonstrating his idea that if workers received good wages, they became better buyers. And if manufacturers sold more products, they could lower prices and still earn money. This system worked for Ford because people continued to demand his Model T. And they had the money to buy it. But what would happen when people no longer wanted the Model T, or did not have the money?In nineteen nineteen, Henry was involved in a dispute with the other people who owned stock in the Ford Motor Company. In the end, Henry bought the stock of the other investors. He gained complete control of the company. The investors did not do badly, however. An investment of ten thousand dollars when the company was first established produced a return of twenty-five million dollars.A few years later, another group of investors offered Ford one thousand million dollars for the company. But he was not interested in selling. He wanted complete control of the company that had his name. In a sense, Henry Ford was the company.Henry's son, Edsel, was named president of the company before nineteen twenty. No one truly believed that Edsel was running the company. Whatever Edsel said, people believed he was speaking for his father. In nineteen twenty-three, fifty-seven percent of the cars produced in America were Model T Fords. About half the cars produced in the world were Fords. Taxicabs in Hong Kong. Most of the cars in South America. Never before -- or since -- has one car company so controlled world car production.The success of the Ford Motor Company permitted Henry Ford to work on other projects. He became a newspaper publisher. He bought a railway. He built airplanes. He helped build a hospital. He even ran for the United States Senate. Some of Henry's projects were almost unbelievable. For example, he tried to end World War One by sailing to Europe with a group of peace supporters.While Henry Ford enjoyed his success, a dangerous situation was developing. Other companies began to sell what only Ford had been selling: good, low-priced cars. Ford's biggest competitor was the General Motors Company. General Motors produced the Chevrolet automobile. Ford's Model T was still a dependable car. But it had not changed in years. People said the Model T engine was too loud. They said it was too slow. The Chevrolet, however, had a different look every year. And you could pay for one over a long period of time. Ford demanded full payment at the time of sale. Ford's share of the car market began to fall.Everyone at Ford agreed that the Model T must go. Henry Ford disagreed. And it was his decision that mattered. Finally, in nineteen twenty-six, even Henry admitted that the age of the Model T was over. A new Ford was needed. A yearlater, the Model T was gone. Strangely enough, people mourned its end. They did not want to buy it anymore. But they recognized that the Model T was the last of the first cars in the brave new world of automobile development.The success of Ford's new cars did not last long. After nineteen thirty, Ford would always be second to General Motors. In nineteen twenty-nine, the United States suffered a great economic recession. Many businesses failed. Millions of people lost their jobs. In nineteen thirty-one, the Ford Motor Company sold only half as many cars as it had the year before. It lost thirty-seven million dollars. Working conditions at Ford grew worse. In nineteen thirty-two, hungry, unemployed men marched near the Ford factory. Police, firefighters and Ford security guards tried to stop them with sticks, high-pressure water and guns. Four of the marchers died, and twenty were wounded. Newspapers all over the United States condemned the police, firefighters and security guards for attacking unarmed men. And to make a bad situation worse, Ford dismissed all workers who attended funeral services for the dead.More violence was to come. For several years, automobile workers had been attempting to form a labor union. Union leaders negotiated first with America's two other major automobile makers: the Chrysler company and General Motors. Those companies quickly agreed to permit a union in their factories. That left Ford alone to fight against the union. And fight he did. In nineteen thirty-seven, union organizers were passing out pamphlets to workers at the Ford factory. Company security guards struck. They were led by the chief of security, Harry Bennett. Harry Bennett knew nothing about cars. But he did know what Henry Ford wanted done. And he did it. Bennett's power came from Henry. The only person who might have had the power to stop Bennett was Henry's son, Edsel, who was president of the company. But Edsel himself was fighting Henry and his unwillingness to change. Bennett's power in the company continued to grow. His violence against the union of automobile workers also grew. The Ford Motor Company did not agree to negotiate with the union until nineteen forty-one. Henry Ford accepted an agreement. If he had not, his company would have lost millions of dollars in government business.In nineteen forty-three, Edsel Ford died. With Edsel gone, Henry again became president of the Ford Motor Company. It was difficult to know if Henry or Harry Bennett was running the company. America was at war. And Henry was eighty years old -- too old to deal with the problems of wartime production. And Bennett knew nothing at all about production. So Henry's grandson, also Henry Ford, was recalled from the Navy to run the company. Young Henry's first act was to dismiss Harry Bennett.Old Henry Ford retired from business. His thoughts were in the past. He died in his sleep in nineteen forty-seven, at the age of eighty-three. Henry Ford was not the first man whose name was given to an automobile. But his name -- more than any other -- was linked to that machine. And his dream changed thelives of millions of people. Some still wonder if Henry Ford was a simple man who seemed difficult -- or a difficult man who seemed simple. No one, however, questions the fact that he made the automobile industry one of the great industries in the world.Exercises1. Reading Comprehension1) What contribute to Henry Ford’s success with his Model T Fords?2) Why did Henry Ford engage in a car race in 1901? What did he reapfrom the race?3) What was Henry Ford’s dream about car he would produce? What didhe do to make ordinary be able to afford a car?4) What lead to the decline of his factory?2. Translationi. But they recognized that the Model T was the last of the first carsin the brave new world of automobile development.ii. It was difficult to know if Henry or Harry Bennett was running the company.3. Oral PresentationTry to illustrate the qualities in Henry Ford that led to his success in business.。

亨利福特故事嘿，今天咱们就来唠唠亨利·福特这号人物。

你知道吗？亨利·福特那可是个相当了不起的家伙呢！哇塞，他在汽车界就像一颗超级闪亮的星星。

我记得啊，好像他刚开始搞汽车的时候，那周围好多人都不太看好呢。

哼，那些人就像一群瞎了眼的蝙蝠，看不到这背后巨大的潜力。

我想啊，如果当时我就在他身边，我可能也会有点疑惑，毕竟那时候汽车这东西还是个新鲜玩意儿，就像刚从外太空掉下来的不明物体一样。

福特这人呢，他可执着啦。

就像一头认准了目标就绝不回头的老黄牛。

他就想着啊，要把汽车造得便宜，让普通老百姓都能开得起。

嗯...我觉得这个想法在当时简直就是石破天惊啊！好多汽车制造商那时候想的都是怎么给那些有钱人做豪华车，赚大钱。

福特倒好，反其道而行之。

我记得有这么个事儿，福特为了提高生产效率，搞出了那个大名鼎鼎的流水线生产。

这就好比把做菜的流程拆分开来，一个人负责切菜，一个人负责炒菜，一个人负责装盘，一下子速度就提上去了。

不过呢，我也听说啊，这中间也不是一帆风顺的。

好像工人一开始不太适应这种新的生产方式，就像一群被打乱了节奏的蚂蚁，到处乱撞。

但是福特没有放弃他就慢慢调整，最后成功了。

哇，这得多有毅力啊！说到这儿，我又想起一个关于福特的小道消息。

我听别人说啊，他在工厂管理上可有一套自己的方法。

有时候为了保证质量，他会亲自到生产线上去检查。

就像一个严厉的班主任在教室里巡逻一样，哪个工人要是出了差错，估计得被他狠狠瞪一眼呢。

哈这当然是我自己瞎想的啦。

你看啊，福特的这种创新精神，对整个汽车行业那影响可大了去了。

就像一块大石头扔进平静的湖水里，泛起了一圈又一圈的涟漪。

从那以后，汽车不再是奢侈品，而是逐渐走进了千家万户。

哎我这东一榔头西一棒槌地讲了半天，也不知道有没有把亨利·福特的故事讲清楚。

嗯，我可能有些地方说得不太准确，毕竟我也不是专门研究他的历史学家嘛。

要是你知道更多关于他的故事，可一定要告诉我咱们可以互相分享分享。

亨利福特诗歌1. 《亨利福特：车轮上的诗人》嘿，你知道亨利福特吗？那可是个传奇人物啊！就像一颗超级闪耀的星星在汽车的天空里。

他的故事就像一部精彩绝伦的电影。

他不仅改变了汽车的世界，还像一个隐藏的诗人。

他的理念，就像一阵春风，吹进了人们的生活。

你能想象吗？一个造汽车的人，他的思想就像一首动人的诗歌。

比如说他坚持的流水线生产，就如同诗歌里整齐的韵脚，有条不紊。

这难道不神奇吗？2. 《亨利福特：工业时代的吟游诗人》我跟你说啊，亨利福特可不得了。

他就像一个在工业大舞台上的吟游诗人。

他那些关于汽车制造的想法，就像是从生活这个大酒桶里酿出的美酒。

他的每一个决策，像是在谱写一曲独特的乐章。

他降低汽车成本，让汽车走进平常百姓家，这就好比把天上的星星摘下来送给每一个人。

你想啊，这得多伟大！这就像黑暗中的一道亮光，给无数人带来希望。

这难道不是一种独特的诗意吗？3. 《亨利福特：用汽车书写诗歌》亨利福特，在我眼里就是个天才。

他造的汽车，那可不是简单的四个轮子加个壳子。

那是他用钢铁和智慧写就的诗歌。

他对待汽车制造的态度，就像一个艺术家对待自己最心爱的作品。

比如说他不断改进发动机，就像诗人反复斟酌每一个用词。

他的汽车生产线，如同诗歌的行数，一行一行，整整齐齐地延伸向未来。

你难道不觉得他是在创造一种特殊的艺术吗？4. 《发现亨利福特的诗歌世界》哟呵，亨利福特的世界可有趣啦！他就像一个神秘的魔法师，把汽车变成了一首首流动的诗。

他的创新精神，像燃烧的火焰，照亮了汽车发展的道路。

他雇佣工人的方式，就像是诗歌里的不同章节，各有各的意义。

他给工人高工资，这就像在诗歌里突然出现的一抹亮色，让整个故事更加动人。

你怎么能不被这样的故事吸引呢？5. 《亨利福特：机械与诗意的融合》亨利福特啊，他是一个把机械和诗意完美融合的人。

他摆弄汽车零件的时候，就像诗人摆弄文字一样专注。

他的工厂，就像一个巨大的诗歌创作车间。

他的每一个发明，像是诗歌里跳跃的音符。

[亨利福特的故事]亨利福特亨利福特篇(一):读《汽车大王—亨利福特》有感_抒情作文现在，在大街上，来来往往的汽车以不足为其了，人们一个个都开着本田、奔驰。

但有没有人想过，在以前，没有马的车子一直是人们追求的梦想，直到福特的出现，才使人们意识到机器的重要。

福特生在一户农家，父亲是当地有名的农家，小亨利从小就和别的孩子不一样，其他孩子喜欢玩游戏，而他却对机器一往情深，最后成为了美国的风云人物。

读了这本书后，我觉得福特能成为汽车大王，他是付出了人们难以想象的自信，从人们叫他疯子、傻子，到他的工厂倒闭又站起来，他经过了无数挫折，但最终以他的自信战胜了一个个困难，从而变成了汽车大王。

在他的人身经历中，他的母亲有着必不可少的功劳，每当他的父亲让他不要去搞机械，安安分分地做农活时，是他的母亲便来安慰他，还鼓励他去做自己想做的事情，直到自己去世前也给福特鼓励，这样，他才踏上了创造自己事业的第一步。

我想，每当自己遇到困难和挫折的时候，最需要的就是人们理解和安慰，这样自己才能重新站起来努力，所以在别人受到困难和挫折，你不能去嘲笑他，应该去理解他，包容他。

亨利福特篇(二):名人福特的励志故事福特的故事：福特面试的故事一只蝴蝶在巴西煽动翅膀，有可能在美国的得克萨斯洲引起一场龙卷风。

一个微不足道的动作，或许会改变人的一生，这绝不是夸大其辞，可以作为佐证的事例随手便能拈来，美国福特公司名扬天下，不仅使美国汽车产业在世界占居熬头，而且改变了整个美国的国民经济状况，谁又能想到该奇迹的创造者福特当初进入公司的“敲门砖”竟是“捡废纸”这个简单的动作？那时侯福特刚从大学毕业，他到一家汽车公司应聘，一同应聘的几个人学历都比他高，在其他人面试时，福特感到没有希望了。

当他敲门走进董事长办公室时，发现门口地上有一张纸，很自然地弯腰把他捡了起来，看了看，原来是一张废纸，就顺手把它扔进了垃圾篓。

董事长对这一切都看在眼里。

福特刚说了一句话：“我是来应聘的福特”。

因怀疑而成功的例子1. 贝克汉姆（David Beckham）：贝克汉姆是一位英国足球传奇，他从小在伦敦努力踢球，尽管他的身材不高，但他的技术和精湛的任意球技巧使他成为了一名全球知名的足球运动员。

在他的职业生涯中，他因为被其他俱乐部的经理们怀疑而屡次证明了自己的实力和价值。

2. 约翰·格伦（John Glenn）：约翰·格伦是美国宇航员，他在1962年成为第一位环绕地球的美国宇航员。

在此之前，人们对美国宇航员能否安全返回地球充满了怀疑和困惑。

格伦的成功不仅证明了美国航天技术的可靠性，也带动了后续的太空探索和研究。

3. 亨利·福特（Henry Ford）：亨利·福特是美国汽车制造业的先驱之一，他于1903年创立了福特汽车公司。

在当时，汽车被认为是昂贵的奢侈品，只有富人能够拥有。

福特受到了当时许多人的怀疑和嘲笑，但他坚信大规模生产和低成本模式的可行性。

最终，他成功地引领了汽车工业的革命，使得汽车成为普通人的交通工具。

4. 斯蒂夫·乔布斯（Steve Jobs）：乔布斯是苹果公司的创始人之一，他在创造了革命性的产品，如iPhone和iPad之前曾多次被人们怀疑。

尤其是在1997年苹果公司差点破产的时候，乔布斯重新回到苹果公司，他整顿了公司的运营，并带领团队推出了一系列具有创新性的产品。

这些成功的产品不仅改变了苹果公司的命运，也改变了整个科技行业的面貌。

5. 马克·扎克伯格（Mark Zuckerberg）：扎克伯格是Facebook的创始人兼首席执行官，他在大学时创立了这个社交媒体平台。

起初，他面临着来自同行和投资者的怀疑，但他坚信Facebook的潜力并继续推动公司的发展。

最终，Facebook成为全球最大的社交媒体平台之一，扎克伯格也成为了全球最年轻的亿万富翁之一。

亨利福特的语录亨利·福特（Henry Ford）是美国汽车工业的先驱者，也是现代工业化生产线的奠基人。

他不仅在汽车制造业有着深远的影响，还通过他的话语和思想，传递了一些激励人心的语录。

在这篇文章中，将介绍亨利·福特的一些经典语录，并探讨背后的深意。

1. "质量意味着做正确的事情即使没有人在看"对于福特来说，质量是至关重要的。

他强调无论是否有人在看，做正确的事情是至关重要的。

这个语录凸显了福特对工作质量和道德原则的执着追求。

他相信通过坚持正确的行为和高品质的产品，最终会实现成功。

2. "如果我曾问人们他们想要什么，他们会说更快的马"这句话传达了福特独特的思维方式。

他意识到了市场需求的潜在性，并超越了传统的思考方式。

福特并不仅仅满足于改进现有的交通方式，而是追求一种全新的创新，即汽车。

这个语录体现了福特作为一位颠覆者的勇气和决心。

3. "成就是从失败到失败，而不失去热情"福特强调了追求成功的艰辛和坚忍不拔的品质。

他认为失败并不是终点，而是通向成功的必经之路。

只有保持热情和毅力，才能逐渐克服困难并取得更大的成就。

4. "每一个失败都是前进的一小步"这句话阐述了福特对失败的独特看法。

他认为每一次失败都是向前迈进的机会，每次失败都可以帮助我们更好地了解问题所在，并通过调整和学习不断改进。

福特的这个观点鼓励人们勇敢面对失败，并从中获得经验教训。

5. "不断地考虑自己的产品，确保它是最好的"福特在这句话中强调了持续不断地改进和创新。

他相信产品的持续改进是成功的关键。

要想在竞争激烈的市场中立于不败之地，必须时刻关注产品的质量，并不断提高和创新以满足消费者的需求。

6. "最值得信赖的财富是知识"福特特别重视知识和学习的重要性。

他认为知识是最有价值和可靠的资产。

只有通过不断学习和不断探索，才能成为更好的人，并在工作和生活中取得成功。

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